Yellowtail flounder

Yellowtail flounder
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Pleuronectiformes
Family:Pleuronectidae
Genus:Limanda
Species: L. ferruginea
Binomial name
Limanda ferruginea
(D. H. Storer, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Platessa ferruginea Storer, 1839
  • Pleuronectes ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
  • Pleuronectes ferrugineus (Storer, 1839)
  • Limanda vulgaris Gottsche, 1835
  • Limanda oceanica Bonaparte, 1846

The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) is a species of fish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is found in the western North Atlantic from southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sobel, J. (1996). "Pleuronectes ferrugineus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17710A7362225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17710A7362225.en. Downloaded on 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Limanda ferruginea" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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